BLM Advisory Council Plans Meeting at Mother Lode Field Office

Management issues for Central California will be on the agenda when the Bureau of Land Management's Central California Resource Advisory Council meets July 17-18 in El Dorado Hills.

The RAC will meet from noon to 6 p.m. on July 17 and 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 18 at the Mother Lode Field Office, 5152 Hillsdale Circle. El Dorado Hills. A public comment period will run from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on July 18.

Agenda topics will include Berryessa area issues, Clear Creek Management area and oil and gas. Managers from the Mother Lode, Ukiah, Hollister, Bakersfield and Bishop Field Offices will discuss issues for their field offices with the RAC.

For more information, contact David Christy, BLM Central California District public affairs officer, at (916) 941-3146.

The 12-member council, one of 24 such advisory councils in the western states, is comprised of members who represent broad natural resource interests including livestock grazing, environmental groups, recreation, wild horse and burro management, history and archaeology, the academic sector, local government and the public at large.